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. 2019 Sep 12;14(9):e0222302. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222302

Table 5. Cu, Cr, Zn, and Fe contents (mg/kg) in rhizosphere of wheat grown in rainfed conditions.

Treatments Cu (S) Cu (T) Cr (S) Cr (T) Zn (S) Zn (T) Fe (S) Fe (T)
T1 0.025c (±0.002) 0.034d (±0.004) 0.042d (±0.001) 0.038c (±0.002) 0.039d (±0.001) 0.039d (±0.003) 5.7c (±0.045) 5.51c (±0.16)
T2 0.016d (±0.001) 0.025e (±0.002) 0.031e (±0.002) 0.024d (±0.0009) 0.022e (±0.003) 0.022e (±0.001) 3.22e (±0.12) 3.21e (±0.0087)
T3 0.054b (±0.004) 0.046bc (±0.003) 0.075b (±0.004) 0.042bc (±0.003) 0.098b (±0.008) 0.09b (±0.008) 6.12a (±0.19) 6.45a (±0.42)
T4 0.078a (±0.006) 0.062a (±0.003) 0.084a (±0.006) 0.077a (±0.005) 0.123a (±0.008) 0.138a (±0.007) 5.97ab (±0.21) 5.97ab (±0.33)
T5 0.053b (±0.002) 0.051b (±0.003) 0.059c (±0.004) 0.046b (±0.004) 0.082c (±0.007) 0.079c (±0.005) 4.26d (±0.34) 4.04d (±0.18)

T1-Irrigated control, T2-Untreated plants grown under rainfed conditions, T3-Coinouclation of P. chinense and B. cereus, T4-Consortium of PGPR and SA, T5-SA only. Different letter shows that the difference is statistically significant (P < 0.05) within treatments and ± represents standard error values.